Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Wiki-Edit-a-Thon: A Celebration of Black Authors and Artists



Wiki-Edit-a-Thon: A Celebration of Black Authors and Artists. Presented by the Howard County Library System with support from Wikimedia DC

When
 * February 9, 2023

Registration
 * Register

Event Dashboard
 * Dashboard.

Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Create Wikipedia username and login to the Outreach Dashboard
Step 1: Go to the Dashboard

Step 2:
 * Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Log-in with Wikipedia'.
 * Don't have a username? Select 'Sign-up with Wikipedia'


 * Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name or expose any personal details.

Note: This will allow you to create a username and sign up to participate in the this event in one simple step. You can also create a username at the top right of this event page or from any Wikipedia page.

Articles to create
Instructions
 * 1) Use this Google sheet to see a list of articles to create
 * 2) In the sheet, reserve the article you'd like to work on by adding your name or username next to the article
 * 3) Return here to the event page and select your article's red link. This will open a blank page.
 * 4) Select 'Create' and get started
 * 5) Start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing.
 * 6) Return to the Google sheet as needed to find links to sources as needed (These sources include) information about the artist or author. You can also find your own sources.)
 * Draft:Charles Bibbs
 * Draft:David W. M. Cassidy
 * Draft:Akea Brionne
 * Draft:David Stephens (sculptor)
 * Draft:Jamea Richmond-Edwards
 * Draft:Rex Goreleigh

Existing articles to edit
Instructions
 * 1) Use this Google sheet to see a list of existing articles to create
 * 2) In the sheet, reserve the article you'd like to work on by adding your name or username next to the article
 * 3) Select the 'link' hyperlink to the article's name in the sheet. This will open the article. Refresh it before you begin.
 * 4) With the article open, select edit and get started
 * 5) Return to the Google sheet as needed to find links to sources as needed (These sources include) information about the artist or author. You can also find your own sources.)

Articles created

 * Morris Blackburn

Article ratings
 Learn more about the article rating system

Wikimedia
• Wikimedia movement

• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia

• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)

• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects

• Wiktionary, a dictionary

• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations

• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents

• Wikiversity, educational material

• Wikivoyage, a travel guide

• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

Wikipedia Policies
• Username policy

• Five pillars

• Core content policies

• General notability guideline

• Verifiability

• Conflict of interest

• Identifying reliable sources

• No original research (Examples of Original Research)

• Citing sources

• Identifying and using primary sources

Wikimedia Affiliates

 * Wikimedia movement affiliates model


 * Chapters
 * Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC


 * Wikimedia thematic organizations
 * Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.


 * User groups
 * Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

WikiProjects

 * Search all WikiProjects


 * WikiProject Women in Red
 * WikiProject Science
 * '''WikiProject Medicine

Quick Editing Tips
• Help:Getting started

• Your first article

• Help:Referencing for beginners

• Creating Redirects with Visual Editor

• Creating Redirector with Source Editor

• Using categories

• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

• Manual of Style

Tools, Resources
• Track Wikipedia Page Views

• Wikimedia Statistics

• Wiki Education Foundation

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

• Internet Archive Wayback Machine

For Wikimedia DC Use

 * User rights management
 * Special username creation